STAFF PROFILE

Our Centre is staffed by fourteen officers, ten Japanese and four local staff, headed by the Director, Mr. Kenji Ikeda. Most of the Japanese staff are prefectural or city government officials who have been seconded to our Centre for 2-3 years.

Kenji Ikeda Director		Seconded from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 2007-
Hidenori Yoshikawa Deputy Director		Nagoya City 2006-2009
Goichi Koyanagi Assistant Director		Japan Association of City Mayors 2007-2009

 

JAPANESE STAFF

Kazuma Fujimoto Assistant Director		Ueki Town 2007 - 2009
Chiho Takahashi Assistant Director		Kurihara City 2007 - 2009
Mitsuo Kawano Assistant Director		Niseko Town 2007 - 2009
Shu Igari Assistant Director		Iwaki City 2007 - 2009
Kazuya Mori Assistant Director		Takeo City 2008 - 2010
Takashi Yonamine Assistant Director		Okinawa Prefecture 2008 - 2010
Masaya Amari Assistant Director		the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 2008-2010
Akira Kamei Assistant Director		Oshu City 2008 - 2010

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LOCAL STAFF

Akemi Nakagawa Research Coordinator		Responsibilities: Research, conferences, reports, speeches, Japanese delegation liaison, Local Government Officials Training Program , JETAA, Sydney Seminar
Ken McBride Research Coordinator		Responsibilities: Research, conferences, reports, speeches, Japanese delegation liaison, CLAIR Forum, Newsletter, Website
Sean kimura Research Coordinator		Responsibilities:Research, conferences, reports, speeches, Japanese delegation liaison, Sister Cities,
Mayuko Sakamoto Office Administration		Responsibilities: Local Government Exchange and Cooperation Seminar Programme, Database management, office administration, purchasing and general affairs

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